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Before & After: Birdcage Avoids a Date with the Landfill

Dabney Frake
Dabney Frake
Dabney is a Southern-born, New England-raised, current Midwesterner. Her dog Grim is part terrier, part basset hound, part dust mop.
updated May 4, 2019
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Empty black wire birdcage on a crumpled sheet with "before" label.
(Image credit: The Salvaged Boutique)

If I had a dollar for every birdcage I’ve seen at yard sales, I’d be in Belize right now. I always note them, but never know what to do with them, which is why this project piqued my interest. See what Kathy and Karen did with a cage they found on the curbside on trash day….

(Image credit: The Salvaged Boutique)

After painting the cage, and removing one of the walls, they outfitted the whole thing with shelves and mounted it on a wooden base. Now it’s perched on a table and is a great catch-all for bills and mail.

(Image credit: The Salvaged Boutique)

Head on over their website and see more of the project, right here.

Thanks Kathy & Karen!